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How political leaders in former Soviet states threaten press freedomhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jul/23/press-freedom-europe-news
<p>That absurd but sinister arrest in Belarus of a website editor <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/jul/19/press-freedom-belarus">for publishing pictures of teddy bears</a> is just one example of the way in which the former Soviet satellites, and related east European communist states, have failed to allow freedom of the press to flourish.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.seemo.org/">South East Europe Media Organisation</a> (SEEMO), which keeps a watching brief on affairs in many of the countries, has now registered a &quot;growing concern&quot; about the treatment meted out to journalists by the authorities.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jul/23/press-freedom-europe-news">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomEuropeJournalist safetyRomaniaBulgariaMontenegroSerbiaBosnia-HerzegovinaKosovoBelarusUkraineKyrgyzstanKazakhstanAzerbaijanArmeniaTajikistanRussiaWashington PostLe MondeAlexander LukashenkoMon, 23 Jul 2012 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jul/23/press-freedom-europe-newsRoy Greenslade2012-07-23T11:02:00ZRoy Greenslade: Third paper banned in Kyrgyzstan in a monthhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/apr/07/press-freedom-kyrgyzstan
<p>Three newspapers have been banned within a month in Kyrgyzstan. Now the New York-based press freedom body, <a href="http://www.cpj.org/">the Committee to Protect Journalists</a>, has called on the Kyrgyz authorities to halt the crackdown on independent and opposition news outlets.</p><p>Last Wednesday, a court in Bishkek suspended the pro-opposition paper <strong>Forum</strong> because of a 30 March article headlined &quot;When the motherland falls upon hard times, may all her sons turn into lightning bolts.&quot; The authorities argue that it contained &quot;appeals to forcibly overthrow the constitutional order.&quot; </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/apr/07/press-freedom-kyrgyzstan">Continue reading...</a>MediaPress freedomKyrgyzstanSouth and Central AsiaWed, 07 Apr 2010 07:30:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/apr/07/press-freedom-kyrgyzstanRoy Greenslade2010-04-07T07:30:30ZRoy Greenslade: Kyrgyzstan editor suffers beatinghttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/may/11/kyrgyzstan-press-freedom
<p><strong>Yrysbek Omurzakov</strong>, the chief editor of an independent newspaper in Kyrgyzstan, <strong>Tribuna</strong>, was beaten up by three men who mentioned his paper's journalistic output. Omurzakov, who was on way to work in Bishkek with his son when his car was forced to a halt. Tribuna publishes sharp and critical material. It was the fourth case of an attack on a Kyrgyzstani journalist this year. (Via <a href="http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/102997">IFEX</a>)</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/may/11/kyrgyzstan-press-freedom">Continue reading...</a>KyrgyzstanPress freedomMediaSouth and Central AsiaMon, 11 May 2009 15:21:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/may/11/kyrgyzstan-press-freedomRoy Greenslade2009-05-11T15:21:35ZRoy Greenslade: Kyrgyzstan journalist stabbed and beatenhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/mar/06/kyrgyzstan-press-freedom
<p><strong>Syrgak Abdyldayev</strong>, a journalist with the Kyrgyzstan weekly <strong>Reporter-Bishkek</strong>, was stabbed repeatedly and beaten by four men after leaving the paper's office on Tuesday evening. Critics of<strong> President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's</strong> government describe the attack as an attempt to stamp out freedom of expression. (Via <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/journalism/news/article.cfm?c_id=63&amp;objectid=10560128&amp;ref=rss">New Zealand Herald/AP</a>)</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/mar/06/kyrgyzstan-press-freedom">Continue reading...</a>KyrgyzstanPress freedomMediaSouth and Central AsiaFri, 06 Mar 2009 09:34:35 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/mar/06/kyrgyzstan-press-freedomRoy Greenslade2009-03-06T09:34:35ZKyrgyzstan editor facing jailhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/jul/16/kyrgyzstaneditorfacingjail
<p>The editor-in-chief of a popular Kyrgyzstan newspaper, <strong>De Facto</strong>, is facing a charge of criminal libel, which carries a five-year jail sentence. <strong>Cholpon Orozbekova</strong> is accused of publishing false accusations against a tax inspector. Her paper cannot be published because police have seized its computers, along with its bank account and other assets.</p><p>Orozbekova says the libel case is the culmination of mounting pressure from the Kyrgyz authorities over the last six months. &quot;The authorities want to shut down the only opposition newspaper,&quot; she says. (Via <a href="http://www.iwpr.net/index.php?apc_state=hen&amp;s=o&amp;o=l=EN&amp;p=rca&amp;s=f&amp;o=345579">IWPR</a>)</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/jul/16/kyrgyzstaneditorfacingjail">Continue reading...</a>Newspapers & magazinesMediaWorld newsKyrgyzstanSouth and Central AsiaWed, 16 Jul 2008 08:18:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/jul/16/kyrgyzstaneditorfacingjailRoy Greenslade2008-07-16T08:18:38ZEx-Soviet states aim to control the nethttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/jun/23/exsovietstatesaimtocontrol
<p>Three former Soviet republics - Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan - are pushing media repression to new lows, writes <strong>Michael Hedges</strong> in a lengthy analysis of the state of the countries' press freedom. The new target for the authorities is the internet. In different ways, the rulers in each republic are gradually exercising control over the net. (Via <a href="http://www.followthemedia.com/conflictzones/millstone23062008.htm">Follow the media</a>)</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/jun/23/exsovietstatesaimtocontrol">Continue reading...</a>Newspapers & magazinesMediaWorld newsBelarusPress freedomKyrgyzstanUzbekistanEuropeSouth and Central AsiaMon, 23 Jun 2008 06:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/jun/23/exsovietstatesaimtocontrolRoy Greenslade2008-06-23T06:05:00ZUzbek forces accused of journalist's murderhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/feb/15/uzbekforcesaccusedofjourna
<p>Uzbekistan's security services were behind the murder last October of the Kyrgyzstan journalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alisher_Saipov"><strong>Alisher Saipov</strong></a>, according to a report by the <a href="http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm">International Crisis Group</a>. He was shot dead outside his office in the Kyrgyz city of Osh, near the Uzbek border. Before his death, Saipov was regarded as an enemy of the Uzbek state, as his friend <strong>Natalia Antelava</strong> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/28/television.media">wrote at the time</a> of his death. (Via <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7245205.stm">BBC</a>)</p><p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/feb/15/uzbekforcesaccusedofjourna">Continue reading...</a>Newspapers & magazinesMediaWorld newsHuman rightsKyrgyzstanUzbekistanLawSouth and Central AsiaFri, 15 Feb 2008 10:11:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2008/feb/15/uzbekforcesaccusedofjournaRoy Greenslade2008-02-15T10:11:00Z